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The amplitude of mood and energy level is different in every individual – sometimes a bit higher, sometimes lower, sometimes changing, and for some people rather stable. However, if the mood drops to a very deep low and there is an almost complete lack of energy, this person might be experiencing a depressive episode. Or to the contrary, if a person experiences excessive energy and feels extremely positive, this might be a manic episode. These kinds of episodes are characteristic of a type of psychiatric diseases called mood or affective disorders.

Your Educators of course Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Tarry Ahuja, MD

Dr. Tarry Ahuja is currently a senior medical real-world evidence scientist for a major pharmaceutical company for Europe and Canada and is a lecturer at Carleton University teaching “Biological Foundations of Addictions” and “Health Psychology”.

He graduated with a PhD in Neuroscience with a specialty in electrophysiology and pharmacology from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

He has worked for over 10 years in the hospital setting in sleep disorders clinic working with patients and trying to better understand sleep patterns and sleep disorders. Additional, he has done over 10 years of clinical research in the areas of Alzheimer’s, stroke and ischemia with the National Research Council of Canada.